Posted By: Vance in AK.
To crimp or not to crimp, & seating depth?????? - 08/21/2006 3:49 AM
OK guys, starting to get serious with the .358 Bellm in my Contender.
Two questions.
#1, on bottleneck cartridges, when starting to work up a load do you usually crimp & if so how tight? Do you wait until you get a sweet load & then start messing with crimp pressure to see if you can improve?
#2, where do you start on bullet seating depth? I'm shooting 200 gr Hornady SPs, & have the OAL set so they are just off the rifling. I'm probably .100-.120 off the cannelure. My goal of course is max. velocity @ min pressure. Am I starting in the right place?
Most of my reloading experience for the Contenders is straight walled cartridges, so this is new country for me.
Two questions.
#1, on bottleneck cartridges, when starting to work up a load do you usually crimp & if so how tight? Do you wait until you get a sweet load & then start messing with crimp pressure to see if you can improve?
#2, where do you start on bullet seating depth? I'm shooting 200 gr Hornady SPs, & have the OAL set so they are just off the rifling. I'm probably .100-.120 off the cannelure. My goal of course is max. velocity @ min pressure. Am I starting in the right place?
Most of my reloading experience for the Contenders is straight walled cartridges, so this is new country for me.